Where does “cegada” come from?

cegada (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese cegar, from Old Portuguese cegar, from Latin caeco, from Latin caecus, from Proto-Italic kaikos, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos — one-eyed, blind.

cegada (Portuguese): a group of blind people

Definitions

  1. a group of blind people

Ancestry of “cegada”, step by step

cegada traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese cegar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecegarto blind, to cause blindness
2Old Portuguesecegar—
3LatincaecoI blind; I obscure; dative masculine singular of...
4Latincaecusblind; invisible
5Proto-Italickaikosblind
6Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ikosone-eyed, blind

via Portuguese cego

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecegoblind; blind; blinded; dull
2Old Portuguesecegoblind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos →Every word from Proto-Italic kaikos →Every word from Latin caecus →